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The philosophical portions moved me much more than the recounting of the sea life, but Steinbeck and his pal, Ricketts (Doc from Cannery Row) are great to hang out with.
Some of my more favorite quotes:
Steinbeck channels Neil deGrasse Tyson:
"That human self-love would suffer too much and that the image of God might prove to be a mask? This could be only partly true, for if we could cease to wear the image of a kindly, bearded, interstellar dictator, we might find ourselves true images of his king ...more
Some of my more favorite quotes:
Steinbeck channels Neil deGrasse Tyson:
"That human self-love would suffer too much and that the image of God might prove to be a mask? This could be only partly true, for if we could cease to wear the image of a kindly, bearded, interstellar dictator, we might find ourselves true images of his king ...more
Steinbeck, why did you have to kill all those marine creatures???
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